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Supporters of the youth-led satirical political movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
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India’s Gen Z protesters force Modi to answer

For weeks, tens of thousands of people in India – most of them young people – protested outside the Jantar Mantar, a historic observatory in New Delhi, to demand the resignation of the country’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Five days later, they got what they asked for.

People chant slogans as they walk during a protest and shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir.
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Tense elections in Kashmir, Netanyahu and Zelensky at the White House, AI-Bolsonaro turning heads in Brazil

Regional parliamentary elections began in the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir on Monday, but the first round of voting has been racked with violence.

​U.S. and Saudi flags flutter along a highway of Riyadh
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Trump tacks on addition to Saudi deal, Japan worries about nuclear liability, Modi responds to the cockroach infestation

The US-Saudi nuclear deal struck this week would be contingent on the Kingdom joining the Abraham Accords, Trump announced

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman stand in front of flags at the White House.
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Saudis reach landmark nuclear deal with US, Zelensky ousts Ukraine’s military chief, India and Somalia object to WhatsApp change

The deal could be worth billions of dollars for the US nuclear industry, but has raised fears of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Indians storming the streets of New Delhi demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
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India’s Cockroach party supporters swarm the streets, Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, US aid workers quarantine at Ebola treatment center in Kenya

In New Delhi, thousands of protesters are marching to Parliament today to demand the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over a growing scandal surrounding the leak of a high-stakes med school entrance exam in May

Hunger strike in India intensifies
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Hunger strike in India intensifies

Sonam Wangchuk has long campaigned for the reform of India’s corrupt and inefficient system of entrance exams for higher education.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO leaders summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026.​
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Trump grants Ukraine Patriots license, US-Iran ceasefire stumbles, Australia to fuel India’s nuclear energy ambitions

US President Donald Trump said he would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air-defense missiles during the NATO meeting in Turkey on Wednesday, fulfilling a longstanding request from Kyiv.

​Smoke rises from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack, in Moscow, Russia, on June 18, 2026.
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Moscow is desperate for fuel, Bolsonaro Jr. seeks boost among female voters, Germany’s Merz goes for broke on the economy

Ukraine’s recent burst of strikes on Russia’s oil facilities is starting to take a toll.

Protesters hold flamingo-shaped placards and a large representation of a flamingo as they demonstrate against the government, in Tirana, Albania, on June 22, 2026.​
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Albania’s flamingo protests spiral, India ramps up deportations into Bangladesh, Oman and Iran plan for Hormuz tolls

The protests in the small Balkan country were touched off by the start of construction on a seaside luxury resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

People walking along the Dubai Creek Harbour
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Potential rebuilding fund for Iran, China's effort to keep its money at home, Trump and Modi's reset

Iran could reportedly receive up to $300 billion in a reconstruction fund for its battered economy as part of its interim peace deal with the US, but US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would not be the one paying for it.